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Solange's Saint Heron Opens Free Library of Rare Books and Art By Black Authors and Creators Throughout History ...
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(Books)
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... collections by Audre Lorde, Gwendolyn Brooks’ series Children Coming Home, and a mixed media book by photographer Gordon Parks.
The collection focuses on rare and out-of-print texts in the genres of ...
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Created on 20 October 2021
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Lego Says Buh-Bye to Gendered Playtime With New Gender-Neutral Toys and "Ready For Girls" Campaign ...
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(Feminism)
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... surveyed almost 7,000 parents and children aged 6 through 14 across the globe, from the U.S. to China to Poland. In all countries, they found that girls felt less bound by gendered play than boys; 62% ...
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Created on 14 October 2021
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Momona Tamada of "The Baby-Sitter's Club" Talks Season 2, Claudia's Fashion, and What She Was Really Like as a Babysit
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(TV)
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The first season of The Baby-Sitter’s Club is seamlessly modernized, funny, and like the progressive book series doesn't shy away from including topical storylines involving trans children and wealth ...
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Created on 04 October 2021
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6 Women-Directed Horror Thrillers to Fulfill All of Your Spooky Season Cravings
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(Movies)
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... who handed out candy to local White children; however, these candies had razor blades inside of them. Police shot and killed Fields in cold blood, only for him to be exonerated weeks later. Another “Candyman” ...
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Created on 01 October 2021
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RIP, Beverly Cleary: How Much Do You Know About the Prolific Children's Book Author? BUST Pop Quiz ...
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(Feminism)
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Beloved children’s book and young adult fiction author Beverly Cleary was one of the most widely published writers in the world before her death this year, thanks in part to the enduring appeal ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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R. Kelly, R&B Singer and Producer, Finally Convicted of Sex Crimes After Decades of Allegations and Crimes Against Underage Girls and Boys
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(Music)
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Tarana Burke, originator of #MeToo, says it best:
🙃 pic.twitter.com/QUzXlEBAFl
— Tarana (@TaranaBurke) September 27, 2021
This is not Kelly’s first indictment for sex crimes against children, ...
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Created on 28 September 2021
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4 Pro Tips For Making Colorful Paper Collage Art
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(Arts)
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... here she shares her top tips—from organization to composition to her favorite tools—for making the cut.
Finders Keepers
Comb through vintage books and magazines, children’s books, and postcards for ...
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Created on 27 September 2021
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How the US Criminal Justice System Failed Olympic Gold Medalists: the Botched FBI Investigation of Former Team USA Doctor Larry Nassar
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(Feminism)
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... civil lawsuit from former gymnast Mattie Larson, “the Karolyis turned a blind eye to the perpetrator Nassar’s sexual abuse of children at the Ranch.” Although Nassar had medical licenses to practice in ...
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Created on 24 September 2021
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Instagram Is Destroying Teen Girls' Mental Health, and Facebook's Been Real Quiet About I
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(General)
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... declining mental health in teens and children, stating, "I don't think that the research is conclusive on that.” This hearing came two years after his own research team had reached near identical conclusions. ...
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Created on 16 September 2021
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Final Girl and Four Decades of Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice International Film Festival
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(Movies)
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... York Times best-selling author of children’s books. While Jamie Lee Curtis’ career began with 1978’s Halloween, the actress has performed in over 40 films and 20 television shows, including Charlie’s Angels ...
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Created on 16 September 2021
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Skirting the Issue: Indigenous designer Agnes Woodward is raising awareness with her garments
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(Style)
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... children; her mother survived Canada’s “Sixties Scoop,” when thousands of Indigenous kids were taken from their families and placed in foster care; and an aunt was murdered, one of the many missing and ...
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Created on 13 September 2021
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China to "Put an End to Sissy Men" With Ban on Effeminate Men on T
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(Feminism)
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... TV show Meteor Shower. The program “The First Class of School” has been a mandatory back-to-school activity for Chinese school children and their parents since 2008. The program is part of a larger effort ...
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Created on 10 September 2021
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The Last Starlet: An Interview with 1950's Bad Girl of the Silver Screen, Mamie Van Dore
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(Movies)
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... shooting rockets off, and the rockets were really coming after us. We nearly didn’t make it.”
Another very close call would be in Saigon. After dinner one evening, she surprised a group of children attaching ...
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Created on 08 September 2021
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The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
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(Feminism)
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... being women and children, signaling a heartbreaking disaster for the rights and well-being of women and girls under Taliban rule.
Prior to American intervention in Afghanistan, the Taliban ruled the ...
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Created on 18 August 2021
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About Time? The American Medical Association Recommends The Removal of Female and Male Sex Categories From Birth Certificates
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(Feminism)
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... about bodily autonomy as surgeries are usually performed when children are under the age of 2 and therefore, cannot consent to them.
The move has predictably infuriated conservatives. Former Republican ...
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Created on 12 August 2021
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Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
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(Feminism)
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... former executive editor Marty Baron (most well-known to the general public for his leadership on the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse against children). When asked last month ...
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Created on 03 August 2021
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Norway Passes New Law Banning PhotoShop Among Social Media Influencers
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(Living)
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... The move comes as part of the Ministry of Family and Children’s desire to “reduce body pressure,’ and its contribution to low self worth among young people. According to a report from Vice, the law will ...
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Created on 22 July 2021
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Britney Spears Would Rather Perform In Her Living Room, Than Let Her Father Control Her On and Off Stage
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(Music)
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... an iron grip over what his daughter wears, her diet, and what she posts, in addition to enforcing 70-hour work weeks. The conservatorship also bars her from marrying or having more children. She told NBC ...
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Created on 20 July 2021
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She's a Barbie Girl: Mattel's Naomi Osaka Barbie Doll Sells Out Ahead of Tokyo Olympi
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(Feminism)
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... line set a more realistic and diverse standard for young children. These were huge leaps forward for a brand which previously modeled their dolls almost exclusively on a thin, white ideal—with the first ...
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Created on 15 July 2021
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In Disney's Encanto, a Latinx Teen Struggles to Find Her Place in This Magic-Filled Musica
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(Movies)
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... Beatriz of In the Heights and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.)
The trailer bursts with all the color, life, music, and magic that adults and children have come to love from Disney flicks. The Madrigal house dances ...
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Created on 13 July 2021
